Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

road are already In tho field, having com
mencsd operations last Monday.
Spokane Falls 10 overrun with ''bupco'
men, and its citizens talk OF applying tn
Livingston remedy to get rid Of them.
During the year 1885, from Drummon.
station on the Northern Pacific, the shin
men:s we're worth Il 1851 CO, almos
entirely Of bullion and ore. These ship
msnts came from the Granite Mountain
at Philipsburg, and to small extent from
tho Hope and thereirOm a very accurat,
idea OF the output Of those mines may b,
gained.
a report from Belknap states that tn.
Indians have signed the treaty, and every
thing is satisfactorily settled. Sigh,
changes arc made in tho boundaries, bu,
they DO not materially change the shan,
or sizs oil the new reservation. The Catho
lie priest ID allowed 100 acres for mission
airy purposes, but not TO the prejudice o.
any other society or school.
Ono Oi the oldest and largest cattle Y
ers in Yellowstone County says that many
cattle men are driving their herds to Other
counties, not on account OF taxation here,
but bceausc there 10 no winter range in that
part Of the county outside OF the reserva
ton. He says IL the Grow reservation il
not thrown open, giving the cattle mon win.
ter ranges on the mountain slopes, it will
not DO long until there are no cattle in this
county to assess.
a company has been organized at Ra wall
TO build a steamboat to ply the waters OF
E!athead Lake as soon a. spring opens.
Inc boat will be considerably larger than
the one now run on the lake. IL will be
made OF the best material and have the
latest improved machinery, and will run
ten miles per hour when loaded. It will be
fitted up for the convenience Of passeneers
and will have the latest government lie
preservcrs, and all the requirements to pass
government inspection.
A delegation OF railroad conductors. ron.
sisting OF one from bach division OF the
Northern Pacific, called upon General
Manager Cakes at st. Paul, SATURDAY.. In.
order to secure an increase Of wages, but.
owing to the fact that they had only re-.
Gently received an increase OF SO thew
were unsuccessful, and returned to their
respective quarters Monday. It il said
that had they succeeded in their mission a
delegation Oi brakemen would also have
visited 81. Paul and requested an increase
accordingly.
1t Is rumored that a big strike has very
recently been made in the CoIvillc, Wash.
ington Territory. country, but which has
boen kept very quiet In order to allow
those In the secret torrealIxe to advantage
IN their md. Thu secret leaked out a few
lays ago, md it H. said there are over q
hundred men waiting to Jump into the
Territory an soon IN spring opens, Anum.
ber OF pr0spcctors arc already ON the
ground. and . party has bsen fitted out in
spokane with the intention OF going thers.
put refuse to give any particulars A. to IL.
cation or value Of tho reported strike.
Is. W.: Toole. Of Helena, has been an.
pointed by Clerk Mcfarland to DO deputy
clerk OF tho district court for Yellowstone
This Office has been filled by John
Tinker, . republican. ever since tho organ.
cation Of tho county. The county was in
lhs First district until a lew weeks no. and
lust before the redistricting Clerk Norton j
appointed H. W. Rowley. Before he took
Dihce the county was placed in the Fourth !
district, and Clerk Mcfarland ordered
Tinker to hold the job. Next he appoint.
M Leslie Bates. and now Mr.. TooIe has
been appointed. The appointse ia d brother
d Delegate Toolo and Of 4. w. To0le, Of
~" CITY: According to tho Billings
iazctto tho democrats OF tho town
.re much chasrined at the implied
ionbt thrown upon their competence to
Old the Office by sending out OF the county
20 get "a deputy clerk.
Murray Record, 23d: Carl Trowbridss
in BY last evenings Thompson stage.
This morning he dropped into tho Record
'ihce and showed us a remarkably fine
Of crystaliIed anthony ora taken
rom the Black Jack mine. situated three.
quarters OF a milo northeast from Noun.
City. and owned by George Burson and
jharles Chamberlin. The specimen WA
out at q depth Of thirty isst, at which
Joint the vein 10 three and = halt feet wide
lnd assays from it's average sixty.six nor
snt. antimony and iorty.seven ounces
liver per ton. Tho specimen 10 quite 40
Tor it's beauty ~ for Ito rich.
'ess. In TACT it Ia not above the averaes n
but it shows several points where The
'rocess OF capitalization begins and from
'hsch the lines extend and form tho appear.
nee OF leaves and shrubbery. II also shows
pots Of ruby silver.